German 69th Infantry Division

The German 69th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the German Wehrmacht that was active from August 1939 to 9 April 1945. The division was raised in Muenster, and it participated in the April 1940 Norwegian Campaign. It remained in occupied Norway until November 1942, and it was moved to the Leningrad front in December, being attached to the German 18th Army in Army Group North during the Siege of Leningrad. In February 1944, it was pushed back to Pskov by the Soviet Red Army, and it was transferred south to Army Group Center in July 1944. The division fell back to Memel and then to East Prussia, and it was one of the four divisions sent to protect the besieged city of Koenigsberg. On 9 April 1945, the remnants of the division surrendered to the Soviets.